Fly-swatter.



G. D. HENRY.

FLY SWATTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1913,

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

WITNESSES:

enoaen n sewer, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FLY-SWATTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 141, 1213.

Application filed February 10, 1913. Serial No. 747,425.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Swatters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fly swatters, and one object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device of this character whereby flies and other insects may be destroyed with certainty and by the exercise of a small amount of force.

A further object is to provide a device having no exposed cut edges to deface or mar the surface of furniture, or catch in lace curtains or other fabrics.

The device comprises a novel combination of elements which may be quickly assembled, and in order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device.

- Fig. 2 is a perspective of a wire fabric body,

forming part of the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail of the handle employed in carrying out the invention. Fig. 4: is a perspective of a retaining member, whereby the handle and the wire fabric body are reliably secured together.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a strip of woven wire fabric 1, having two parallel selvages 2, and folded atits free end 3. 'The two ends 5 5* of the wire fabric body, which have been out, are folded inward on an angle at their corners, so that the cut ends of the wires will not be exposed and impinge against furniture, curtains, or

other articles with which the-swatter mayv come into contact while in use. A pocket 6 is formed by two of the inturned corners of the wire fabric body for the reception of one end of a handle 7. Handle 7 is made up from one piece of wire, bent at one end in the form of a triangle 8 and at its opposite end in a ring 9. The two members formed by bending the wire are twisted together to form a rigid portion 10, to be grasped with the hand.

l1 designates a triangular retaining memfolded,

her, having two marginal flanges 12 and a series of teeth 13.

In assembling the various parts, the triangular portion 8 of handle 7 is placed in pocket 6 and drawn tightly therein by holding the wire fabric body with one hand and drawing the handle 7 in the direction of ring 9. The folded corners 5 are then brought down into contact with the folded corners 5, where they are reliably secured by the retaining member 11, the flanges 12 of which are crimped around the diverging portions of the triangular end 8 of handle 7, thus firmly securing the intermediate portions of the wire fabric. The retaining member 11 is secured in place by its teeth 13, which enter the coinciding spaces in the strands constituting the fabric. Should the wire fabric body wear out, it can be readily removed to substitute a new body, by bending back the flanges 12 of the retaining member 11, so that teeth 13 may be withdrawn from the spaces in the body.

While I have shown the wire fabric body so that it will have two thicknesses, it is obvious that a body of a single thickness with the free edge protected by a transverse strip of cloth or suitable material may be employed to advantage. I also reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A fly swatter including a handle having a triangular end, a fabric body having the corner of each end thereof folded inwardly, said end of the handle being received between said body and each of the folded corners at one end of the body, the folded corners at the other end of the body bein engaged with the folded corners of the rst named end of the body, and a triangular member having flanged sides and a row of teeth at the base of the triangle, said member being engaged with one face of the inner end of the fabric body and said flanges being engaged with the opposite face of the inner end of the body, the teeth of said member engaging the fabric at points between the sides of the triangular handle.

2. A fly swatter including a handle hav ing a triangular end, a fabric body having to secure the body to the triangular end of the corner of each end thereof folded inthe handle. 10

wardly said end of the handle being re- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature ceived between said body and each of the in the presence of two witnesses.

5 folded corners at one end of the body, the GEORGE D. HENRY.

folded corners at the other end of the body Witnesses: bein engaged with the folded corners of F. (Biz-FISCHER,

the rst named end of the body, and means L. J. FISCHER. 

